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Multi-boutique adds investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... Terra Capital and Gyrostat join the Mantis Funds platform. "At Mantis, we have a singular mission to connect investors to alpha using technology. We strongly believe that boutique funds outperform over time," he said. "However, the same factors that ...

State Street targets insurance outsourcing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... expanding the use of SimCorp Dimension in their European business and we are impressed how open they want to be in their Alpha Platform, also accepting the complete SimCorp Solution to deliver their services." Locally, State Street has 10.7% of the $3.75 ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... the fact that growth has outperformed value in the last few years. "There is no magic factor that consistently delivers alpha month in, month out. Value, like other styles, is known to have long periods of underperformance, followed by outperformance," ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
The global manager has launched an Australian vehicle for its $13.5 billion flagship quality-focussed global equities strategy. The new trust will be open to local wholesale investors. It draws upon the GMO Quality Strategy, which has been running since ...

Sunsuper adds long/short to Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... strategies. Sunsuper head of listed markets Greg Barnes said the fund is looking to add what he describes as an "extended alpha" strategy, which are also commonly called "active extension" long/short strategies or more colloquially "130/30" or "120/20". ...

Pension funds sue Allianz Global Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... pension fund to file a complaint in July, alleging that Allianz GI failed its stewardship over the now-defunct Structured Alpha Funds portfolio. Now, the Teamster Members Retirement Plan, and the pension schemes for New York's Metropolitan Transportation ...

Fees should reflect investor skill: AB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... or value, and what's remaining from those returns that can be associated to manager skill and active management." Prime alpha, Fay said, is very persistent and if a manager has been able to achieve higher returns over time the likelihood of them being ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... general manager of AIMA Australia, Aitken Investment Management chief operating officer Les Andrews, AMP Capital head of alpha strategies Alistair Rew, Regal Funds Management chief executive Brendan O'Connor along with Haifer. AIMA's Gallagher initially ...

Super fund tops up Tribeca mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... superannuation fund, as it inches back towards its old size. UniSuper recently added about $300 million to its allocation to Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund and now has a total of roughly $630 million invested via the fund, Financial Standard understands. Tribeca ...

Ardea IM announces research partnership

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... to prepare Ardea for a strong pipeline of long-term growth opportunities and ensure we maintain our highest standards of alpha generation." Ardea head of research (and recently appointed UTS Industry Fellow) Dr Laura Ryan will represent Ardea during ...